Example sentences of "[conj] it make [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The natural habitat is the coastal waters of West Africa between the Rivers Senegal and Congo , where it makes occasional excursions into freshwater . |
| 2 | The creation of the autonomous region had been opposed by the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNFL ) , the largest of the separatist guerrilla organizations , on the grounds that it made insufficient concessions to Moslem autonomy and failed to meet the terms of the 1976 Tripoli Accord [ see p. 28440 ] . |
| 3 | From my discussions with British Rail , I know that it made specific proposals for the diversion of at least four of the crossings and that the Ramblers Association objected to them all . |
| 4 | At the meeting the SOC finally ceased its efforts to amend the UN draft plan so that it made explicit mention of " genocide " , in reference to the appalling human rights record of the Khmer Rouge government of the late 1970s . |
| 5 | That argument has to rest on the principle that it makes other owners of Utterly Dependables feel better if everyone has one ! |
| 6 | We must ensure that it makes proper progress through the House , receives proper scrutiny and is on the statute book before any rude interruptions . |
| 7 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 8 | European manufacturers invariably make plain tiles alongside their interlocking tiles , and it makes good sense for a manufacturer to be able to offer both types of product . |
| 9 | To this need the underclass responds , and it makes urban life at the comfortable levels of well-being not only pleasant but possible . |
| 10 | It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff . |
| 11 | This need not be a problem , especially as each will have a different approach to the same material , but it makes obvious sense on many counts if the teachers are each prepared for this by consultation . ) |
| 12 | But it makes commercial sense for them to respond to pressure . |
| 13 | A good scientific law or theory is falsifiable just because it makes definite claims about the world . |
| 14 | It is least successful when it makes stereotypical assumptions about women : that they behave in certain ways because they are mothers , or because they do n't work outside the home , for example . |